orhtej2 to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days ago[Not funny] How to avoid sexual assault?eviltoast.orgimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1627arrow-down121file-text
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minus-squareorhtej2OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·28 days ago It is though? No, it’s not funny. I feel like maybe you’re missing the author’s joke Am I? As long as the joke is about rape existing I don’t find it funny, sorry.
minus-squareTʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ⁽ᵗʰᵉʸ‘ᵗʰᵉᵐ⁾@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·28 days agoOOP is using irony (funny) to make a point about victim blaming. The joke isn’t about sexual assault- it’s about victim blaming.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·28 days agoThe joke is about subverting the all-too-common expectations of blaming the victim for getting raped by turning the blame back onto the rapists.
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No, it’s not funny.
Am I? As long as the joke is about rape existing I don’t find it funny, sorry.
OOP is using irony (funny) to make a point about victim blaming. The joke isn’t about sexual assault- it’s about victim blaming.
That’s not the joke.
The joke is about subverting the all-too-common expectations of blaming the victim for getting raped by turning the blame back onto the rapists.